ATX Power Supplies

The ATX specification requires the power supply to produce three main outputs, +3.3 V, +5 V and +12 V. Low-power −12 V and 5 VSB (standby) supplies are also required. A −5 V output was originally required because it was supplied on the ISA bus, but it became obsolete with the removal of the ISA bus in modern PCs and has [...]

Whats new in Microsoft Office 2010

Whats new in Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 2010, codenamed Office 14, is a productivity suite for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, and is the successor of Microsoft Office 2007 for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X. Office 2010 includes extended file compatibility, user interface updates, and a refined user [...]

HTTP Errors Explained

The error codes the you may receive are given below – follow the link for each to see further discussion of the error and what further action (if any) is recommend. HTTP Error 400: Bad request HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized HTTP Error 402: Payment Required HTTP Error 403: Forbidden HTTP Error 404: Not Found HTTP [...]

Capacitor Plague

The capacitor plague (also known as bad capacitors) involved the common premature failure of certain brands of electrolytic capacitors used in various electronics equipment, and particularly in motherboards, video cards, compact fluorescent lamp ballasts, LCD monitors, and power supplies of personal computers. An incorrect electrolyte formula within a faulty capacitor causes the production of hydrogen [...]

What People Are Saying About Microsoft Windows 7

Machines with Microsoft’s Windows 7 have hit the market. Unsurprisingly, it is one of the hottest topics on the web. Everybody’s talking about it on Twitter. Everybody’s searching for it. Microsoft and Windows queries are all over Google’s Hot Trends list. Everybody wants to know more about Windows 7. Well, let’s look at what people [...]

Bing Up Windows 7

Microsoft unleashed Windows 7 onto the public, and the company’s Bing team has released some downloadable wallpaper themes for the operating system. The themes are based on the images that the search engine uses on its homepage. “A lot of people ask us for desktop versions of our images,” says Stephanie Horstmanshof of Bing. “And [...]